Handle for assembling parts of electric fixtures



May 17,1927.

Hv T. PAISTE HANDLE FOR ASSEMBLING PARTS OF ELECTRIC FIXTURES Filed March 51, 1924 Patented May 17, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY T. PAISTE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AS SIGNOR T H. '1. PAISTE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, IENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- VANIA.

HANDLE FOR ASSEMBLING PARTS OF ELECTRIC FIXTURES.

Application filed March 31, 1924. Serial No. 703,201.

the handle being used to locate the socket.

shell properly within the cap;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view line t-et, Fig 2, and

Figs. and 6 are views illustrating modifications of .the invention.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the hanon the dle, which is tubular in form in the present instance. One end 2 of the tubular handle is flared, as shown. Somedistance within the tube is an internal screw thread 3. At the opposite end of the handle is a series of projections l.

In 2, which illustrates part of anelectric fixture, a bellshaped husk, or canopy, 5 has within it the cap 6 of a lamp socket. This cap 6 is held in the husk by a screw 8, which has an eye 9 that enables it to be suspended by a chain, or cord. The cap 6 must be held in place within the husk 5 while the screw is passed through an opening in the husk and is screwed into the threaded opening 10 in the cap.

At the lower edge of the cap is a series or", rectangular openings 11, which are separated by grooved bars 16, Fig. a. The end of the handle 1, having the projections 4, is inserted in the cap 6, the projections 4 entering the grooves, asshown in 2, so that the parts are held from turning with respect to each other. Then the cap 6 is inserted in the husk and is held in position by the handle until. the screw 8 is inserted and turned, firmly securing the cap 6 to the husk 5. The projections l of the handle prevent the cap turning with the screw. The handle is then forcibly removed from the cap and inverted.

The socket shell 7' has a series of indentations 12, which correspond to the openings 11 in the cap 6. Between the indentations are ribs 17, which are forced into the groove 111 the bars 16 of the cap. Projections 13 on the shell extend into the openings 11 and lock the socket shell to the cap when the shell is forced into place, as in Fig. 3. On the body of the socket shell is an external screw thread 14 by which a shade fixture s'att ached to the socket. This screw thread is utillzed to secure the socket shell to the handle. The shell? is placed in the handle, and, when the handle is turned, the thread 14 of the shell engages the internal thread 3 of the handle- The flared end 2 of the handle fits against the shoulder 15 or" the socket shell. The shell is then placed within'the husk, or canopy, and, when adjusted within the flared end of the cap, it is pressed for cibly into position within the cap, the .proect1ons13 entering the rectangular openings 11. The projections are so shaped and located as to hold the shell firmly to the cap. The handle 1 is then unscrewed from the socket and removed.

In some instances, the handle may be made as in Fig. 5. The end 2 of the handle 1? is shaped to fit the shoulder 15 of the socket and can be split to allow the handle to grasp the socket firmly. The opposite end of this handle may be made as in Fig. 1. i

The handle does not have to be made tubular throughout. The body portion can be made in any form desired. In Fig. 6, thetubular end section 1 of the handle is secured to a hand hold 1 and has an internal screw thread 3* for engaging the shell 7 and a series of projections for engagingthe cap.

Iclaim:

1. A handle for assembling parts of an electric lamp socket, said handle being tubular in form to receive the shell of a lamp socket, and having means for holding the shell of a socket while being applied to the cap of a socket.

2. A handle for assembling parts of an electric lamp socket, said handle being tubular in form and having an internal screw thread near one end to engage a thread on the shell of a lamp socket.

" HENRY T. PAISTE. 

